Andres4NY, 1 month ago to bikenyc

I was in the #QueensBlvdPBL with my (bakfiet) cargo bike, and some lady pulls her car about 20-30ft in front of me. Predicting what would happen next, I gave a wide berth as her passenger flung the door open just before I passed them.

I screamed "ASSHOLE" at the top of my lungs, scaring tf out of both of them. It felt good.

#BikeNYC #BikeQNS #BikeTooter

Andres4NY, 5 months ago to bikenyc

I absolutely despise these rumble strips on the #QueensBlvdPBL. They're at every single intersection, every mid-block crossing, and every car merge*. Feels like they're like every 200 feet for miles, and they rattle my brain every time no matter what speed I go over them. I've never before wanted suspension on my bike..

#BikeNYC #Queens

• Drivers? Go as fast as you want (despite having a stop sign). Bikes? Whoa, slow down there Speedy Gonzalez (despite technically having the right of way)!

Queens Blvd protected bike lane again, this time a vehicle merge. To the right of the green painted bike lane, there's a left-turn lane and then a through lane. The left-turn lane has a stop bar and big "STOP" text. The green bike lane has sharrows through the merge, but no STOP markings. There's 5 white rumble strips crossing the bike lane about 10-20 feet before the merge crossing.

Andres4NY, 5 months ago to nyc

Writing a comment (asking once again for proper protection on the #QueensBlvdPBL) to #NYC #DOT, and the captcha wants me to check all the boxes with cars in them. Okay, a little on-the-nose for DOT, but sure, I can do that...

Wait, hold up. Computer: Enhance.

Is that a bunch of cars and motorcycles parked on a sidewalk? What is this, an #NYPD station?

Zoomed in on the bottom left square, it appears to be a building, with a sidewalk in front of it, and a car and a bunch of motorcycles parked on the sidewalk. The roadway is clear.

Andres4NY, 5 months ago to nyc

Little kids biking with their parents on the Queens Blvd "protected" bike lane deserve actual protection, not just a few sad broken flex posts.

Note the cars parked on the sidewalk portion of the PBL.

#NYC #BikeNYC #QueensBlvdPBL #BikeTooter #Queens

A green painted bike lane on busy Queens Blvd. An adult on an acoustic road bicycle bikes next to a child (8? 9? 10? Difficult to tell, it's cold and they're bundled up) on a bike about half the size of an adult one.

Andres4NY, 6 months ago to nyc

Went to #vote today at #QueensBoroughHall and was pleased to see brand new bike lanes on #QueensBlvd! Not yet protected, and not yet finished (the connection between the old #QueensBlvdPBL and new bike lanes is confusing and awful), but a good start. #Queens #NYC #BikeNYC

Also brand new parking for NYC Parks Dept. 😒

Andres4NY, 6 months ago to bikenyc

I've seen a lot of shitty patch jobs, but this is next level. Fucking OSB?? #BikeNYC #Queens #NYC #QueensBlvdPBL

Zoomed in on a patch. Clearly a vehicle drove over it. Cracking it down the middle, with jagged splinters sticking out of the middle. The center is down lower, causing the edges to also raise up above the pavement by an inch or two. The nails that have been driven into the pavement are also sticking up.

Andres4NY, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to nyc

This is the design #NYC DOT wants to do for the #QueensBlvdPBL when they do their big capital project, and it's going to suck even more than what we have now.

https://bird.makeup/users/jsquaredink/statuses/1716377492477399253

#BikeNYC #Queens

Andres4NY, 9 months ago to nyc

Huh. Are the PBLs on Northern Blvd/Broadway any good? Normally I'd take #QueensBlvdPBL/Skillman to get to #LIC, but just noticed that google maps suggests a slightly longer (by .1mi) but less hilly route. I know portions of broadway are still shitty (but then again so are portions of queens blvd).

#NYC #BikeTooter #BikeNYC #Queens